5 September 2008

After the Omnivore Hundred post it makes a person think about how much more in life there is to experience in and out of the culinary world. Dolores at Culinary Curiosity had me thinking with her MEME of Natural Highs . There is so much in this world to experience. In my half century I have experience many highs and lows but this MEME makes you see all that has enriched your life so far...and that there is so much more to experience!!!!

I have even decided to lengthen this MEME and force myself to think of 25 more things I have done or would like to do at the end..... before my end.....
As the rule goes I have boldfaced the things I've experienced.

If it's bold, I have...

1. Touched an iceberg (saw an iceburg off the coast of Newfoundland and still swam)

2. Slept under the stars (many times.......even in a campsite in Rome)

3. Been a part of a hockey fight

4. Changed a baby's diaper

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Swam with wild dolphins

8. Climbed a mountain ( live in the mountains)

9. Held a tarantula

10. Said "I love you" and meant it

11. Bungee jumped (looks painful)

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise

15. Seen the Northern Lights

16. Gone to a huge sports game (hockey.............)

17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty (no but I've walked to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa)

18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables

19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope

20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Bet on a winning horse ( I won a whopping big $80)

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Taken an ice cold bath (at Ainsworth Hotsprings)

28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (no.... but a Rastafarian..is that how it's spelt?)

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Ridden a roller coaster (any I can find)

31. Hit a home run

32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking

33. Adopted an accent for fun

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (England)

35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment

36. Loved your job 90% of the time

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Watched wild whales

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach (a sea turtle follwed us in the waves..so cool)

Nuria: I would love to add travelling to Spain and having a paella with Nuria to my list!!!!Thanks everyone for all your comments. I enjoyed doing this.And Emeline I have lived a quarter century longer than you so there is still time to soar!!!!!!!

Ye gads Val...what a happening life you've had. Love it...I've evacuated half a dozen flights with bomb scares & run across the tarmac in high heels...LOL. O ya...I also drowned while learning how to swim,& was ungallantly rescued by the lifeguard (no he wasnt good looking. I drove against traffic on a very bad hair day, which I wished I'd never done. I sheered a sheep in Sydney, & I've held live boa constrictors around my neck in BKK. I kept white mice as pets when I was young, & gave my sis a horrid hair cut when Mom was away! YOURS IS A GREAT LIST...you 'awoke' my senses lady & jostled my memory!!

I love this Val and really some of these things I made or I would like to make too!!!Dear Add to your list come to Sudamerica, to Chile and know your friend Gloria that will be happy to be with you. xxxxxxGloria(We have nice places too!!)

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